The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-30

v. 1.-The temptation Immediately fol-
Lowell tie baptism Led up Of the spirit; that
is. from lie valley of the Jordan.
The Wilderness This was probably the
wilderness of Judea or Jericho, which extend-
ell toward the Jordan. Travellers still speak
of it as dreary place
". TASTED forty days-Luke iv, . says
abe cid eat nothing" This shows that his
fasting was Us complete us that Of Moses or
Elijah. lis soul was SO filed with great and
holy thoughts that the body for time was
not subject to the laws Of ordinary life.
V. 3. :, hen the tenpter came There is
reason to believe that temptation in some form
continued during the whole period Of forty
days The temptations named seem to lave
been the last Of aseries. They were probably
the ilcvccst OF all. If thou e-This suggests
doubt. The words of the Father at the bap-
tism We're known to Satan. lie did not I'M
derstand tho divinity of Christ fully; but he
certainly knew that now his bitterest foe was
entering upon his work. Son is here EN-
phatic. The relationship sugg, sted by the
word "Sol' arrests the attention of the
tempter. He would inject doubt into Christ's
mind as to Gods Lore To hin while suffering
thus 1t is as if he would say, Good seems
to have forgotten you. II you are his Son
he would not allow you thus tostarvC.' Com
mand, etc, and YOU will thus satisfy your
hunger and declare also that you are truly
the Con OF God This is a temptation to un-
belief and to the selfish use of power Tho
power to change the stones into bread Christ
possessed Int that power was an exalted
trust; it was to be used for other than merely
selfish purposes. Every man who is tempted
to use power Of whatever Kind for other pul-
I,t. I, lao,
given is feeling the force oC this first tcmpta-
ton. Whoever be;rays trust, whether he
be the boy IN an Office on a man as tic tru t o
Of great amounts and influence, falls before
this temptation. Here Was an appeal TO the
lust of the flesh. Whoever yieLg to drunk
enncss, gluttony or to Vie passions of the
body is n victim to this temptation.
V. 4. Christs reply is sublime. 1t is writ
ten. He did not USE divine power TO annih'
late the tempter. Had lie so done, his exam
pie would have been worthless to us, He did
not argue; one who purlcys with Satan is al
ready partly under his power. Nan Shall
Not Live ctc--This i one OF the proioundcst
utteranccs Of all literature He cites from
Dcut. viii, 8, where Noses in giving mama,
shows the people that life can be sustained,
not by bread alone. but 10y whatever God
mouth.
V. 5 Then, etc Matthews order is diff
ferent from Luke's. He places this second
temptation last, The words Hthen" and
"again, " in Matthew, seem to settle the qucs-
ton rs to the true order. There is a comuec-
ton between the temptations, as given by
Mathew, which is valuable. The Devli
Taketh IIim.-Sa,au had wonderful power
here for brief space. Did he carry Jesus
through the airf We do not know; tut
IN some way Christ went to Jerusalem, and
to pinnacle of the temple--posSlbly to the
side Which overlooked the valley of the ked
ron.
V. q. Cast thyself down, etc-By his
former device Satan sees that Jesus has faith
IN God. He cannot lead Christ to distrust
the providence of his Father THIS fact gives
Satan Il hint; perhaps he can lead him to pre-
sumo Oh 1t and crafty vanity Jesus
quoted scripture in the former temptation;
Satan viii quote scripture now. This Is as #
he would say to Christ Cast myself down;
no harm can come to thee: hath he not said,
etc. (Ps xci. II, 70. Satan misquoted tho
paSsaGe-he garbled it; he shall keep thee in
all thy ways"-the ways OF God'S appoint
ment and SO the ways of mans duty he
omitted Satan would make a misapplica-
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